/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* mergeTwoLists(ListNode* l1, ListNode* l2)
    {
        if (l1 == nullptr)
            return l2;
        if (l2 == nullptr)
            return l1;
        if (l1->val <= l2->val)
        {
            l1->next = mergeTwoLists(l1->next, l2);
            return l1;
        }
        l2->next = mergeTwoLists(l1, l2->next);
        return l2;
    }
};